Linux Kernel Information Disclosure Issue

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The Linux kernel is exposed to an information disclosure issue that may allow users to read uninitialized stack memory. Specifically, the kernel fails to clear the "reserved" members of the memory before allowing a user to use the affected structure.

Ref: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648658

10.49.9 - CVE: CVE-2010-4073
Platform: Linux